Catherine Osborn


Catherine Osborn is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief. She is a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro.

Articles by Catherine Osborn
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa takes part in a ceremony to deliver rifles to the National Police at the Community Surveillance Unit in Duran, Ecuador, on Aug. 6.
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa takes part in a ceremony to deliver rifles to the National Police at the Community Surveillance Unit in Duran, Ecuador, on Aug. 6.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes speaks in Brasília on June 18.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes speaks in Brasília on June 18.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (center) and Finance Minister Nigel Clarke (far left) attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Sandals Dunn’s River resort in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, on May 19, 2023.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (center) and Finance Minister Nigel Clarke (far left) attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Sandals Dunn’s River resort in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, on May 19, 2023.
Then-Haitian President Michel Martelly greets supporters as he departs parliament after delivering his farewell speech in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 7, 2016.
Then-Haitian President Michel Martelly greets supporters as he departs parliament after delivering his farewell speech in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 7, 2016.
An aerial view of an automobile body parts supplier in Apodaca, Mexico, on May 1.
An aerial view of an automobile body parts supplier in Apodaca, Mexico, on May 1.
A man sitting in a tree holds a Venezuelan flag during a protest against the result of the country’s presidential election in Caracas on July 30.
A man sitting in a tree holds a Venezuelan flag during a protest against the result of the country’s presidential election in Caracas on July 30.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González wave alleged voting records during a rally in front of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas on July 30.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González wave alleged voting records during a rally in front of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas on July 30.
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.
Members of a crowd hold signs that read “Mass Deportation Now!” on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17.
Members of a crowd hold signs that read “Mass Deportation Now!” on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets Argentine President Javier Milei during the CPAC Brazil conference in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, on July 7.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets Argentine President Javier Milei during the CPAC Brazil conference in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, on July 7.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González greets supporters in Barlovento, Venezuela, on June 26.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González greets supporters in Barlovento, Venezuela, on June 26.
Newspapers report the victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s presidential runoff election on a newsstand in Buenos Aires on Nov. 20, 2023.
Newspapers report the victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s presidential runoff election on a newsstand in Buenos Aires on Nov. 20, 2023.
Rio de Janeiro’s health secretary, a man wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a large stained glass window as he holds up a vial of a dengue vaccine.
Rio de Janeiro’s health secretary, a man wearing a white lab coat, stands in front of a large stained glass window as he holds up a vial of a dengue vaccine.
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves during her victory speech at Zócalo Square in Mexico City on June 3.
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves during her victory speech at Zócalo Square in Mexico City on June 3.
World Bank President Ajay Banga, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze take part in an event at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on April 18.
World Bank President Ajay Banga, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze take part in an event at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on April 18.